Ways to Keep Your Dog Active During Winter
It can be very challenging to keep your canine family members happy during the ravages of winter. Even those who live in the warmer...
“No-Look” Reinforcement Training
Remember when you were a kid and your mom would catch you doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing, even though she wasn’t...
If You Are Angry, It’s Not Training
Not long ago, I got to take a weekend off in San Diego. On the first day, quite by accident, I ended up at...
Haptic Cues
I recently learned a new word: haptic. It refers to any technology involving the sense of touch, so vibration collars are technically “haptics,” and...
Vibration Collars: What You Should Know
Vibration collars are frequently suggested as a good tool for communicating with hearing-impaired dogs. I hadn’t had much experience with them, so when I...
Wolfwill Vibration Collar: The Negatives
I found the concept of a vibration collar potentially useful. But in practice, there were a number of things I didn’t like about the...
Understanding Your Dog’s Nose
All dogs have noses – and they all know how to use them. Our awareness of our dog’s nose capabilities is nothing new. We...
How to Teach Your Dog to Play “Nose Games”
If competition isn’t your thing, you can do a simpler activity at home with your dog that we call Nose Games. You can do...
Tips on Living With and Training a Blind Dog
When Orbit came into one of the classes I offer for puppies and their owners, in Santa Cruz, California, he was in most ways...
Kids and Dogs
These days, it seems that every time someone posts a picture on social media of a child with a dog it is immediately followed...
How to Teach Verbal Cues
Does your dog understand what behavior you wish her to perform when you use verbal cues alone, with absolutely no hand gestures or suggestive...
How to Train A Dog to Stay
Once you train your dog to stay on cue, the behavior can come in handy. In the past week alone, I’ve asked my dog to stay a number of times.
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Why Veterinary Wellness Exams Are Important
I took my two dogs—Woody, age 9, and Boone, age 3—to see their vet a week ago. I wasn’t looking forward to being chided for allowing him—nay, facilitating him—to gain a few extra pounds this winter. But I wasn’t at all expecting the health problems that my vet found.